Bio:
Ian was born in Mayfair, London, to Valentine Fleming, a Member of Parliament, and his wife Evelyn St. Croix Rose. Ian was the younger brother of travel writerPeter Fleming and the older brother of Michael and Richard Fleming (1910–77). He also had an illegitimate half-sister, the cellist Amaryllis Fleming. He was the grandson of Scottish financier Robert Fleming, who founded the Scottish American Investment Trust and merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co. (since 2000 part of JP Morgan Chase.) He was cousin to actor Christopher Lee and actress Dame Celia Johnson was his sister-in-law (wife of his brother Peter), and great-uncle to the composer Alan Fleming-Baird. His nephew Matthew Fleming played cricket for England. In March 1960, Fleming met John F. Kennedy through Marion Oates Leiter who was a mutual friend and invited both to dinner. Leiter had introduced Kennedy to Fleming’s books during his recovery from an operation in 1955. After dinner, Fleming related his ideas on discrediting Fidel ; these were reported to Central Intelligence Agency chief Allen Welsh Dulles, who gave the ideas serious consideration. In 1961, Fleming, a heavy smoker and heavy drinker, suffered a heart attack. Fleming died at the age of 56 of said heart attack on the morning of 12 August 1964, in Canterbury, Kent, England, and was later buried in the churchyard of Sevenhampton village, near Swindon. In observance of what would have been Fleming’s 100th birthday in 2008. Ian Fleming Publications commissioned Sebastian Faulks to write a new Bond novel entitled Devil May Care. The book, released in May 2008, is credited to “Sebastian Faulks, writing as Ian Fleming”.
Time Period:
In 1939, on the eve of World War II, Rear Admiral John Godfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence of the Royal Navy, recruited Fleming (then a reserve subaltern in the Black Watch) as his personal assistant. He was commissioned first as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve lieutenant and subsequently promoted to Lieutenant Commander, then Commander. His known codename was 17F.
In 1940, Fleming and Godfrey contacted Kenneth Mason, Professor of Geography at Oxford University, about preparing reports devoted to the geography of countries engaged in military operations. These reports were the precursors of the Naval Intelligence Division Geographical Handbook Series produced between 1941 and 1946.
Famous Works:
Casino Royale(1953)
Live and Let Die(1954)
Moonraker(1955)
Diamonds Are Forever(1956)
For Russia Love(1957)
Dr. No(1958)
Goldfinger(1959)
For Your Eyes Only(1960)
Thunderball(1961)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(1964)
Famous Quotes “A medium Vodka dry Martini - with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred."
"Im looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. [on meeting Sean Connery]”
"You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. "Huh," "hun," and "hi!" in their various modulations, together with "sure," "guess so," "that so?" and "nuts!" will meet almost any contingency.” "I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them." "Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch."
Sources:
John Pearson. The Life of Ian Fleming: Creator of James Bond. London: Jonathan Cape. 1966
Ivar Bryce. You Only Live Once: Memories of Ian Fleming. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1975
Donald McCormick. 17F: The Life of Ian Fleming. London: Peter Owen. 1993
Bio:
Ian was born in Mayfair, London, to Valentine Fleming, a Member of Parliament, and his wife Evelyn St. Croix Rose. Ian was the younger brother of travel writerPeter Fleming and the older brother of Michael and Richard Fleming (1910–77). He also had an illegitimate half-sister, the cellist Amaryllis Fleming. He was the grandson of Scottish financier Robert Fleming, who founded the Scottish American Investment Trust and merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co. (since 2000 part of JP Morgan Chase.) He was cousin to actor Christopher Lee and actress Dame Celia Johnson was his sister-in-law (wife of his brother Peter), and great-uncle to the composer Alan Fleming-Baird. His nephew Matthew Fleming played cricket for England. In March 1960, Fleming met John F. Kennedy through Marion Oates Leiter who was a mutual friend and invited both to dinner. Leiter had introduced Kennedy to Fleming’s books during his recovery from an operation in 1955. After dinner, Fleming related his ideas on discrediting Fidel ; these were reported to Central Intelligence Agency chief Allen Welsh Dulles, who gave the ideas serious consideration. In 1961, Fleming, a heavy smoker and heavy drinker, suffered a heart attack. Fleming died at the age of 56 of said heart attack on the morning of 12 August 1964, in Canterbury, Kent, England, and was later buried in the churchyard of Sevenhampton village, near Swindon. In observance of what would have been Fleming’s 100th birthday in 2008. Ian Fleming Publications commissioned Sebastian Faulks to write a new Bond novel entitled Devil May Care. The book, released in May 2008, is credited to “Sebastian Faulks, writing as Ian Fleming”.
Time Period:
In 1939, on the eve of World War II, Rear Admiral John Godfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence of the Royal Navy, recruited Fleming (then a reserve subaltern in the Black Watch) as his personal assistant. He was commissioned first as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve lieutenant and subsequently promoted to Lieutenant Commander, then Commander. His known codename was 17F.
In 1940, Fleming and Godfrey contacted Kenneth Mason, Professor of Geography at Oxford University, about preparing reports devoted to the geography of countries engaged in military operations. These reports were the precursors of the Naval Intelligence Division Geographical Handbook Series produced between 1941 and 1946.
Famous Works:
Casino Royale(1953)
Live and Let Die(1954)
Moonraker(1955)
Diamonds Are Forever(1956)
For Russia Love(1957)
Dr. No(1958)
Goldfinger(1959)
For Your Eyes Only(1960)
Thunderball(1961)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(1964)
Famous Quotes
“A medium Vodka dry Martini - with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred."
"Im looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. [on meeting Sean Connery]”
"You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. "Huh," "hun," and "hi!" in their various modulations, together with "sure," "guess so," "that so?" and "nuts!" will meet almost any contingency.”
"I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them."
"Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch."
Sources:
John Pearson. The Life of Ian Fleming: Creator of James Bond. London: Jonathan Cape. 1966
Ivar Bryce. You Only Live Once: Memories of Ian Fleming. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1975
Donald McCormick. 17F: The Life of Ian Fleming. London: Peter Owen. 1993
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